Other telcos had asked Trai to look into Jio's 'predatory' calling plans

Reliance Jio's Welcome Offer has now changed to December 3

In a boost to Reliance Jio which is offering life-time free voice calling service, telecom regulator Trai has held that tariff plans of the new player are compliant to existing rules and not discriminatory.

"...it is found that the tariff plans filed with Trai cannot be considered as IUC non-complaint, predatory and discriminatory, at present," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in a letter to telecom operators.

Reacting to the Trai letter, RJio in a statement said, "This (Trai's letter) clearly establishes the fact that all the tariffs offered by RJIL are in compliance with the prevailing regulations. A key feature of RJIL's tariff packs is free voice calling for Local, STD and National roaming for all times."

"The revised offer of free services by Reliance Jio has been limited to 90 days i.e. December 3, 2016 and therefore is consistent with the guidelines on promotional offers," Trai said in an order.

Reliance Jio said that the free service, including unlimited mobile data, will be available for its subscribers till December 31.

"As per RJIL' s filing with the Trai, the Jio Welcome Offer will be available to all the customers for subscription till December 3, 2016. RJIL wishes to reconfirm that JWO benefits of free unlimited voice and data will continue to be available to all subscribers till December 31, 2016," the company said.

RJIL said that the consumers, who cannot subscribe to the RJIL services till December 3 2016 will continue getting opportunities to avail new offers and tariff plans.

"RJIL aspires to provide the experience of Jio Digital life to all Indians and to achieve this it will continue coming up with more consumer friendly offers and plans to enhance the consumer experience," the statement said.